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Culture/People:
Nunivagmiut Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Nunivak Island]  Search this
Possible collector:
Captain Joseph W. Collins, Non-Indian, 1839-1904  Search this
United States Fish Commission (United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries/U.S. Fish Commission), 1871-1902  Search this
Previous owner:
U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)  Search this
Object Name:
Bow
Media/Materials:
Wood, sinew
Techniques:
Carved
Object Type:
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Place:
Nunivak Island; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago:
Bering Sea Islands
Island Name:
Nunivak Island
Collection History:
Probably collected by Captain Joseph W. Collins (1839-1904) between 1892 and 1894 during expeditions by the U.S. Fish Commission; transferred to the U.S. National Museum (later the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History) at an unknown date; acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the US National Museum in 1908.
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Catalog Number:
2/449
Barcode:
020449.000
See related items:
Nunivagmiut Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Nunivak Island]
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63dceeb72-2376-45de-afa2-e072f618b019
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_21723